LONDON, July 2 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Cloud gaming is the future – and it always will be. So joke the purists, who doubt the feasibility of streaming computer games onto users’ devices, dispensing with the need for hardware like Microsoft’s $500 Xbox read more . Facebook (FB.O) and Ubisoft Entertainment (UBIP.PA) are hoping to prove them wrong. The social network announced on Thursday it’s bringing the $9 billion French developer’s mobile titles – including “Assassin’s Creed Rebellion” – to its 1.5 million monthly gaming users. Ubisoft could do with a boost: just 8% of its 2.2 billion euros of revenue came from mobile games in its latest financial year, and its sagging share price could make it a takeover target read more . Cloud enthusiasts were left in the rain last year, as gamers stuck at home flocked to the Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation 5. But as players get back on the road and broadband technology improves, cloud gaming may yet have its day in the sun. (By Oliver Taslic) On Twitter http://twitter.com/breakingviews Capital Calls - More concise insights on global finance: Life-support specialist hints at normality delay read more France draws EU battle line in China cotton spat read more India’s bad debt redux looks less painful read more South Korea’s video-game maker undershoots in IPO read more It sure feels good to be a banker read more